Macau Theme Park Awaits Approval

A theme park planned for Macau’s Cotai Strip adjacent to SJM’s Lisboa Palace is still waiting for approval from the local government. The family-friendly project includes an indoor beach...

Published June 15, 2015

VIP ETGs?

The vice chairman of Success Universe Group Ltd. says the company will replace two VIP gaming tables with 100 electronic baccarat machines at its Ponte 16 casino (l.) in...

Published June 15, 2015

Media Groups Ask Sands to Unseal Documents

The court battle between Sands China Ltd. and Las Vegas Sands with former employee Steven Jacobs continues to spiral out of control as the media has asked the court...

Published June 15, 2015

Unhappy Anniversary

The casino industry in Macau is marking 12 straight months of revenue declines as the historic slump drags on and on. A looming full smoking ban won’t help, nor...

Published June 8, 2015

Wynn Active in Asia

Despite some questions about when some of the Cotai projects would open, Wynn Palace will open on time. Also, Steve Wynn visited Kazakhstan to talk with President Nursultan Nazarbayev...

Published June 8, 2015

Donaco Pays $360 Million for Cambodian Casino

Australia-listed gaming operator Donaco International will pay $360 million to acquire Star Vegas (l.) in Poipet, Cambodia. Star Vegas has 109 tables and more than 1,260 gaming machines, with...

Published June 8, 2015

Will S. Korea Open Up Locals Market?

Some analysts say South Korea has limited the country’s casino industry by limiting the opportunities for locals to play. Of the country’s 17 land-based casinos, 16 prohibit South Korean...

Published June 8, 2015

NagaWorld Leases Out More Slots

Cambodian casino operator NagaCorp Ltd. will lease a 300-machine EGM business at its NagaWorld (l.) casino resort in Phnom Penh. NagaCorp will get 70 percent of the revenue, and...

Published June 8, 2015

Banyan Tree Plans Vietnam Casino

Singapore-based hotel company Banyan Tree has issued a request for concept as it plans an integrated resort with gaming in Vietnam. The resort would be based at Laguna Lăng...

Published June 1, 2015

China to Taiwan: ‘No Casinos’

Despite warnings from Mainland China to keep gaming out of the Kinmen Islands (l.), the president of Taiwan’s legislature says the country will move ahead with its plan to...

Published June 1, 2015

Plastics Company Announces Casino Plan

A Malaysian plastics manufacturer is going into the lottery business in Cambodia in a prelude to a full-blown gaming unit, according to company officials. Luster Industries Bhd. hopes to...

Published June 1, 2015

Macau Workers Want Strong Unions

Casino workers in Macau can form trade unions, but those unions cannot legally represent the rank and file, call a strike, or bargain with management. Many workers want that...

Published June 1, 2015

Rough Seas for South Korea Cruises

Planned casino cruises off the coast of South Korea may end up on the rocks. Opponents of the cruise ships, which would allow Korean nationals to gamble at sea,...

Published June 1, 2015

Okada Gets New Manila Partner

Philippine-based Century Properties has settled its dispute with Universal Entertainment Corp., run by Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada. The companies once planned to work together on Okada’s Manila casino, Tiger...

Published May 25, 2015

Jeju Casinos to Pay Higher Tax?

The government of Jeju in South Korea will analyze the tax yield from the island’s eight casinos with a goal of maximizing revenue. It isn’t known if the government...

Published May 25, 2015

U.S. Japan’s Ally in Casino Gambit

As Japanese lawmakers press for legal casinos in the country, the U.S. gaming industry is lending a hand. The American Gaming Association sent representatives, including SVP Sara Rayme (l.),...

Published May 25, 2015

No New Singapore Licenses

A Singapore senior official says the republic will not expand its casino market when the country’s two existing licenses expire in 2017. Instead, the government will focus on the...

Published May 18, 2015

Big Trouble for Adelson?

Revelations from documents that disprove testimony by Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson in a lawsuit hearing could spell trouble for the casino mogul. And this is only a...

Published May 18, 2015

More Gloomy Forecasts for Macau

Some gaming industry analysts predict a rebound in Macau’s casino business, either in the short-term or over a span of years. But the news last week was almost uniformly...

Published May 18, 2015

PAGCOR Seizes $2.2 Million from Tiger Resorts

Citing delays in a Manila casino development, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. has confiscated a $2.2 million guarantee payment from Kazuo Okada (l.) and his Universal Entertainment Corp.

Published May 18, 2015